Tag and holder.



"J. L..MENCH.

\ TAG-AND HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JAN.2I. l9l 8.

' Patented Aug; 20, 1918.

" INVENTORI awiljfezzcfi/ ATTORNEYS.

" ings, forming a part of this speci thereon.

"- j The invention has ED STATES t me m; L. MENorg'oF RQCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSlIGNbR .ro DUFFY-POWERS 0mm,

INC., on noorms'rnannw YORK, A CORPORATION OF N YORK.

TAG AND HOLDER.

To aZl whom it may concern r Be it known that I, JOHN Improvements in Tags and Holders, and I erence being had to the accompanying drawcation,

and to the reference-numerals marked This invention relates therefor, adaptedfor attachment to goods or merchandise, or to an adjacent support, to

indicate for instance the price at which the,

' is concealed behind the disk. When the disk. 1 is thus normally adjusted on the holderthe loop limb 9 is within the aperture- '5 of the disk lip 3, and the opposite side .portion of the stem loop 8 stands within the goods are to be, sold.

I for its object to provide an inexpensive and very durable device of this character having a detachable indicating disk or plate which may effectively display the selling price of the goods, andcannot be accidentally detached from its holder,

or blown therefrom .if used out of doors, and may readily be substituted by another disk or plate bearin a difierent mark without 7 removing ,the ho der from the goods or from an adjacent'support to which the holdermay be attached. To' these and other ends the features being pointed out in the claims at the end of thespecification.

In the drawings which represent a preferred embodiment of this invention:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of one of the improved tags as sustained by a support presumably near the goods to be sold;

Fig. 2 is a rear top perspective viewof the tag disk in normal position upon its holder, the upper portion of which is broken away; Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, with the disk raised through the first step of its movement necessary to detach it from the holder;

Fig. 4 is a front view indicating by full and dotted lines further steps of movement of the disk necessary to freeit from the holder, and

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional. plan view, specially showing the lower apertured and notched lip on the'disk or plate.

.Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate the same parts.

In its preferred form, the tag proper com-- v L. MENOH, 'Of. Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, haveinvented certain.

tags and holdersii Specification of Lettersl atent. P t t d A 20, 191 Application filed January21,1918. SeriaINo. 212,881.

prises a sheet metal disk, or plate 1, bearing shown being 10. Said disk 1 is shown as formed. with two diametrically disposedrearwardly pressed integral marginal lips or lugs 2, 3, the lip 2 having an aperture/ 4,

and the lip 3 having a like aperture 5 and.

also an ad acent open notch or slot 6. The tag holder comprises a stern 7 formed of a metal rod 'or wire bent' 'to provide .at its lower end an open'and preferably elongated "on its front face any desired mark, that loop 8, the parallel limbs of which are about.

as long as the diameter of the disk 1, so that when this disk is normally adjusted on the stem,-'as shown in Fig. 1, the holder loop 8 lip notch 6,'as shown in Fig. 2. 'The disk;

lip apertures 4, 5,,and the notch 6,'loosely fit upon the holderstem and the loop limbs along which the disk lips 2, 3, may

or removing it therefrom, as hereinafter more fully described. Any approved means slide freely whenapplying the disk to the holder.

may be adopted forsupporting the tag holder upon or near the goods, to be marked, the means shown being an eye 10 on the holder stem 7 engaging a screw-eye 11 fastened in a shelf 12.11PO1'11WhiCh the goods may be placed, or this part 12 may be a bar from which the goods .may be hung, or the tag may be fastened by a cord passed through its eye.10, and around a part of any article to be sold for instance at the price the tag indicates.

It will be noticed that when the disk 1 is normally adjusted on the holder loop 8, as shown in Fig. 1, the opposite limbs of said loop next its bend respectively engage the aperture 5 and the notch 6 of the disk lip 3,

and thus prevent the disk turning horizontall at the aperture 4 of its lip 2 upon the ho] er stem 7. The disk is \thus always held with its front face squarely in View to most "advantageously display the mark thereon.

used, all of the disks being interchangeable upon the same holder. To make such substitution, the disk 1 will first be raised on the stem 7 from the normal position of Figs. 1 and 2 to that of Fig 3, or until the disk'lip 3 escapes from the holder loop limb 9, and the disk is then turned about one quarter around counterclockwise, and after'its' lip notch 6 is swung aside clear of the holder stem 7, as shown in full lines in Fig. l, the now turned and somewhat inclined disk indicated by the dotted lines at 10*, in Fig. 4-, is slipped downwardly with its lip 2 along the stem 7, thence to and around the bend of the loop 8 and then upwardly along the outer loop limb 9, as indicated by the dotted lines at 10 and until said lip escapes from the limb 9 to entirely free the disk from the holder. Another disk havin a different mark will now be placed with t e aperture 4 of its lip 2 upon the loop limb 9, and slipped downwardly thereon and thence around the loop bend and upwardly along the opposite limb of the loop 8 and the alined holder stem 7 until the lower disk lip 3 is above the end of the loop bend 9, and then the disk will be moved laterally to engage the notch 6 of its lip 3 with the holder stem 7. The disk is then turned one quarter around clockwise and lowered until the aperture 5 of its lip 3 engages the loop limb 9, and the disk is then slipped downwardly u on both limbs of the holder loop 8 until its ip 3 sto s at the bend of said loop to retain the dis in the normal position of use shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

I claim as my invention:

1. A tag and holder comprising a holder having at one end of its stem an open loop, and a detachable, indicating disk or plate provided at one portion with an aperture loosely fitting the hold stem and having at another portion a like aperture loosely fit ting one limb of the holder loop and an adj acent notch or open slot loosely engaging the opposite limb of said loop when the disk or plate is normally adjusted on thecholder.

2. A tag and holder comprising a holder having at one end of its stem an open loop, and a detachable indicating disk or plate provided with opposed laterally projecting lips, one lip having an aperture loosely fitting the holder stem and the other lip having a like aperture loosely fitting one limb of the hglder loop and also having an adjacent notch or open slot loosely receiving the oppo: site limb of said loop when the disk or plate is normally adjusted on the holder.

3. A tag and holder comprising a holder having at one end of its stem an open loop, and a detachable indicating-disk or plate provided withopposed laterally projecting lips, one lip having an aperture loosely fitting the holder stem and the other lip having a like aperture loosely fitting one limb of the holder loop and also having an adjacent notch or open slot loosely receiving the opposite limb of said. loop when the disk or plate is normally adjusted on the holder, said holder loop having a length approximating the height of the indicating disk or plate to be mainly concealed thereby when the tag is inuse.

4. In a tag, the indicating disk or plate having opposed laterally )ro ecting lips, one lip having an aperture a apted toreceiv'e a holder stem and the other lip having-a like aperture adapted to loosely engage one limb of a loop on the holder and also having an adjacent notch or open slot adapted to receive the opposite limb of said holder loop.

J OHN L. MENCH. 

